Pakistan's border politics cripples transport sector, leaving thousands stranded and hungry

Karachi [Pakistan], October 29 (ANI): Tensions betwixt Pakistan and Afghanistan person brought the country's transport web to a grinding halt, inflicting monolithic economical and humanitarian losses. According to Imdad Hussain Naqvi, Senior Vice Chairman of the Goods Transport Association, thousands of trucks and trailers loaded with goods bound for Afghanistan and Central Asian states are stuck astatine ports and highways owed to Islamabad's governmental missteps.

Naqvi said that the escalating hostility betwixt the 2 neighbouring countries has near transporters successful a dire state. 'Our trucks person stopped adjacent the borderline with nary entree to food, water, oregon security,' helium explained, adding that drivers are relying connected each different for information successful the lack of authorities support.

The stalled convoys are not lone disrupting commercialized but besides endangering the livelihoods of thousands of Pakistani workers babelike connected cross-border transport.

He further stated that the losses tally into billions of rupees. 'This is not conscionable a nonaccomplishment for transporters; it's a nonaccomplishment for the full state,' Naqvi said, informing that perishable goods, including pharmaceutical and nutrient products meant for Afghanistan and Central Asia, are deteriorating portion stuck connected roads. He accused the authorities of mishandling the concern and called for urgent involution to reopen commercialized routes and reconstruct stability.

Truck operator Haji Khan Zaid voiced his anguish, saying, 'When the transport stops, Pakistan stops.' He pleaded with authorities to abstracted authorities from trade, informing that thousands of drivers and their families are present connected the brink of starvation. Another driver, Zar Meran, shared akin frustration. 'All our vehicles are parked, and we person nary work. We're conscionable waiting for the Afghan way to reopen,' helium said, stating the government's silence.

As Pakistan continues to clash with Afghanistan, the economical fallout grows deeper. The borderline closure has exposed Pakistan's fragile economical dependence connected determination commercialized routes and the dense terms mean workers wage for governmental instability. (ANI)